Oscar winner for "Key Largo" in 1948, this actress also appeared in "Stagecoach." IPS, 6½" X 8¼", n.p., n.d. Fine. Book photograph, a striking black-and-white glamour profile portrait of young Trevor in headdress and furs, boldly inscribed and signed in black fineline at upper right: "To Terry -- / Best..... More
This Unitarian clergyman and Harvard professor helped organize the Transcendentalists along with Ralph Waldo Emerson. ALS, 1p (lettersheet), 4½" X 7", Cambridge, MA, 19 December 185. Addressed to Edward Denham. Near fine. The professor of German explains that "The 'Universal German Library' was a magazine edited by Frederick Nicolai. It..... More
The 3rd Viscount Soulbury was a British aristocrat and career diplomat whose lengthy service included acting as British High Commissioner to Cyprus (1969-71), ambassador to Iran (1971-73) and to the United States (1974-77) and governor of Bermuda (1977-80). IPS, 5" X 7", n.p., 9 March 1977. Near fine. Handsome half-length..... More
Both the Camp David Accord between Jimmy Carter and Anwar Sadat and the 1977 attack and hostage situation in D.C. in 1977 owe their outcome to this Egyptian diplomat, who served as their ambassador to the U.S. from 1973 to 1984. Superb PS, 5" X 7", n.p., n.y. Near fine..... More
This obscure seaman was apparently just your run-of-the-mill sailor; apparently he did see Civil War service, as he appears in the rolls of Civil War veterans from Connecticut. Interesting ALS describing a journey up the Orinoco River in Venezuela, 3pp (lettersheet), 7½" X 10", Angostura, Venezuela, 8 November 1858. Addressed..... More
This Venezuelan politician, nicknamed "CAP" or "El Gocho," served twice as that country's president -- 1974 to 1979 and 1989 to 1993. Color PS, heavy stock 8" X 10," n.p., n.y. Near fine. Minor paper clip indent at upper left (away from image). Formal half-length portrait of a seated Pérez..... More
The only son of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, the famed "Desert Fox," was a politician and the long-time popular mayor of Stuttgart (1974-96). PS, 4¼" X 5 3/4", n.p., n.y. Fine. Glossy head-and-shoulders portrait, signed boldly by Rommel in blue ink on blank lower margin. With Rommel business card..... More
This South African politician and legislator served as that country's prime minister (1966-78) and as their fourth state president (1978-79). PS, heavy stock 4 3/4" X 6", n.p., n.y. Fine. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Vorster as prime minister, boldly signed by him in black fineline on blank lower margin. With original..... More
This principal dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company became the first person other than Graham to be invited to teach her dance techniques; in 1942 she met legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie and they wed in 1945; after his death from Huntington's Disease in 1967 she founded an organization..... More
The longest-lived First Lady of the United States, she ruled the White House from 1945 to 1953, wife of President Harry S. Truman. Pristine heavy stock 6" X 4" card, n.p., n.y. Fine. Beneath the italic printed statement "I am pleased to comply with your request for an autograph" she..... More
This Unitarian clergyman wrote a number of volumes and served as chaplain of the U.S. Senate, among various distinguished posts, but would not be remembered today were it not for one short story first published in 1863 -- "The Man Without a Country." AQS, 4½" X 2½", n.p., n.y. Very..... More